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FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



The plumule is the first terminal bud which the plant 

 produces. Lateral buds are usually axillary, as shown in 

 Fig. 82, that is, they grow in the angle formed by the 

 leaf with the stem (Latin axilla, armpit). But not infre- 

 quently there are several buds grouped in some way about 



FIG. 82. Alternate Leaves of Cultivated Cherry, with Buds in 

 their Axils, in October. 



a single leaf-axil, either one above the other, as in the 

 butternut (Fig. 84), or grouped side by side, as in the red 

 maple, the cherry, and the box-elder (Fig. 83). 



In these cases all the buds except the axillary one are 

 called accessory or supernumerary buds. 



135. Leaf-Buds and Flower-Buds ; the Bud an Undevel- 

 oped Branch. Such buds as the student has so far 



